about Esteban Ocon

Esteban Ocon (born 17 September 1996) is a French racing driver who currently drives in Formula One for Force India. He made his Formula One debut for Manor Racing in the 2016 Belgian Grand Prix, replacing Rio Haryanto. Ocon is part of the Mercedes-Benz driver development programme.

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2019-03-28 Perez: Stroll has stronger race pace than Ocon, Hulkenberg

Stroll enjoyed a strong debut for his new team in Australia, recovering from being knocked out in Q1 to score two points for ninth place, while Perez made Q3 but slipped to 13th in the race.<br>Stroll showed stronger pace than Perez after the pitstops and the Mexican, who has shown himself to be particularly masterful at managing F1's delicate Pirelli tyres over race distances for several seasons ...

Ocon will spend 2019 mostly on the sidelines, having bagged a reserve driver role with Mercedes after a bizarre sequence of events in 2018 that meant he couldn't stay on the grid.<br>The Frenchman is one of the tallest drivers in F1 and suffered a weight penalty as a result, and will not benefit from the first year of the introduction of a minimum driver weight.<br>While Ocon admits that spending ...

Perez finished eighth in the drivers’ championship last season, four places and 13 points ahead of Ocon, and collected a podium in Azerbaijan while the Frenchman had a best finish of sixth.<br>Eight-time podium finisher Perez, who joined Force India in 2014 after one season with McLaren and will stay with the team as it transforms into a new identity this year, argued that there is very little ...

The Mercedes protege has lost his F1 seat for this year as Lance Stroll, the son of the architect of the Racing Point team's takeover Lawrence Stroll, will join Ocon's former team from Williams.<br>Circumstances conspired against him landing drives at Renault, McLaren or Toro Rosso.<br>Ocon will spend 2019 working as a reserve driver for Mercedes but believes his results so far will help earn him ...

Ocon will work as Mercedes' reserve driver after failing to land a race seat due to a bizarre sequence of events.<br>He was poised to sign for Renault before Daniel Ricciardo's shock move from Red Bull, then was ousted from Force India when Lawrence Stroll led a consortium to save the team now known as Racing Point because Stroll's son Lance is moving across from Williams.<br>Ocon was ruled out of ...

Ocon made his full-season debut with Force India last year and his qualifying record against the experienced Sergio Perez was 7-13 in the Mexican's favour.<br>However, Ocon improved in the second half of the season and the Mercedes junior, who will be sidelined in 2019 thanks to a bizarre series of events, continued that into 2019 and defeated Perez 15-5 in comparable sessions.<br>"It is my target ...

Ocon has lost his Racing Point Force India seat to Lance Stroll as part of the changes triggered by Stroll's father Lawrence leading the consortium that rescued the team. Efforts by long-time backer Mercedes to place Ocon at other F1 teams including Renault, McLaren and Williams all failed, with Williams's announcement of Robert Kubica as its second 2019 driver on Thursday closing the final ...

Verstappen will have to carry out two days of 'community service' for the FIA as a punishment for his altercation Ocon in the weighing area at Interlagos after the Force India driver sent Verstappen's race-leading Red Bull into a spin while trying to unlap himself. Asked ahead of this weekend's Abu Dhabi GP if he now regretted his actions, Verstappen replied: "No, not really, because I was ...

Verstappen has been ordered to complete two days of "public service at the discretion of the FIA" after shoving Ocon following the race in reaction to their collision that cost Verstappen Interlagos victory. Both drivers were summoned to the stewards, who decided that Verstappen was guilty of making "deliberate physical contact" and did not punish Ocon even though he retaliated. FIA race ...

Verstappen was given two days of ‘public service’ with the FIA as punishment for his actions, which came after the duo had collided in the race when he was leading and Ocon was attempting to unlap himself at Turn 2. Speaking on the Peptalk show on Dutch TV channel Ziggo Sport on Monday evening, Verstappen said it was Ocon’s flippant response that led to his furious reaction of ...

Verstappen was taken out of the lead of the race after Ocon, recently out of the pits on fresh supersoft tyres, attacked him around the outside into Turn 1 and then tried to pass him on the inside of Turn 2. Ocon was handed a 10-second stop-go penalty for causing a collision, but was backed after the race by his team, Mercedes boss Toto Wolff and Lewis Hamilton, who inherited the win as ...

Ocon received a 10-second stop-and-go penalty after the clash at the Senna S with Verstappen while he was trying to unlap himself from the race leader. Villeneuve also cited past incidents involving the Force India driver, and suggested that he lacks racecraft. “Ocon is an embarrassment,” he told Motorsport.com. “That was ridiculous. And the worst bit is everyone has seen what ...

HAMILTON WINS AS VERSTAPPEN IS SPUN OUT Race winner Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes-AMG F1 W09 EQ Power+ celebrates in Parc Ferme Photo by: Mark Sutton / Sutton Images Lewis Hamilton’s infamous record of never having won a race after clinching a world championship came to an end in Brazil when he took a hard fought – and perhaps fortuitous – victory. The Mercedes driver had ...

The Red Bull driver confronted Ocon while the drivers were being weighed after the race, shoving the Frenchman in reaction to their collision during the race that cost Verstappen victory. Both drivers were summoned to the stewards for the off-track incident, and it was decided that Verstappen was guilty of making "deliberate physical contact" with Ocon. The verdict from the stewards said ...

Verstappen spun from the lead of the race after he and Ocon made contact at the second corner, where Ocon was trying to unlap himself. That dropped Verstappen to second and after the race he confronted Ocon while they were being weighed, shoved the Frenchman and was shoved back. Asked by Motorsport.com to explain what happened, Verstappen said: "I don't really have lots to comment on that ...

Red Bull driver Verstappen had been leading the race when pushed into a spin by Ocon's Force India, which was trying to unlap itself having pitted for new supersoft tyres. The incident cost Verstappen victory, and afterwards he confronted Ocon while they were being weighed Verstappen was filmed pushing Ocon several times while they argued. Both drivers must now appear before the ...

2018-11-11 Horner: Ocon "lucky to get away with a push" in Verstappen row

Verstappen was pushed into a spin by Ocon's lapped Force India while leading at Interlagos, demoting him to second behind Lewis Hamilton. After the race an enraged Verstappen was filmed shoving Ocon when they encountered each other while being weighed. "I think Max has been pretty restrained," Horner told Sky Sports F1 when quizzed about the shoving incident. "It's cost him a grand ...

2018-11-11 Ocon hits out at "not professional" Verstappen after shoving

A furious Verstappen stormed to find Ocon in the FIA garage after the race, and was seen aggressively pushing his Force India rival as he lambasted him for colliding with him as he tried to unlap himself. Speaking about the incident, and how the FIA had to intervene to prevent the fight escalating, Ocon told TV reporters: "What I am really surprised about is the behaviour of Max coming ...

Verstappen was leading the race from Hamilton and seemingly in control when Ocon attempted to unlap himself at the first sequence of corners, initially attacking on the outside into Turn 1, before trying to hold on for the inside at the next corner and hitting the Red Bull. The contact spun Verstappen down to second, behind Hamilton, and gave his car significant floor damage that prevented him ...

A furious Verstappen, who later confronted and shoved Ocon after the race, lost victory at Interlagos after being pitched into a spin by his Force India rival at Turn 2. Ocon had been trying to unlap himself and was on fresher tyres, but was handed a 10-second stop-go penalty for his part in the clash. Speaking straight after the race, Verstappen said: "We had a great car. Then, by ...

Verstappen had blasted past Hamilton early in his second stint and was edging clear when his Red Bull was pitched into a spin after being clobbered by Ocon at the second corner. That dropped Verstappen behind Hamilton, who managed engine and tyre concerns to stay clear and win a race after clinching the title for the first time – he was winless in the grands prix he completed after wrapping ...

The change is understood to be precautionary and based on data observed during the previous race in Mexico. It will trigger a five-place grid drop because Ocon finished the Mexican GP, in 11th, and his gearbox has not completed six races. Ocon was 10th-fastest at the end of Friday practice at Interlagos, where his team is trying to score enough points to overhaul McLaren for sixth in the ...

The Frenchman's only hopes of remaining in F1 next year are with Williams, with the Grove-based outfit trying to put together the financial package needed to sign him as teammate to George Russell. But even if that plan does not come off, Ocon says that he and his Mercedes management have decided against looking to race in other categories. It is understood that Ocon was high on the list for ...

With Pirelli’s fastest hypersoft tyre proving fragile in Mexico, Force India felt it better to avoid being forced to start on it so went for the harder compounds in qualifying. Although the team did not make it in to Q3 because of the tactic, Ocon still thinks it was the right thing to do after he ended up in 11th spot with free choice of compound for the race. “It is not great I would ...

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